Senior Program Manager / Associate Director

About the Homecoming Project

Using the sharing economy model, the Homecoming Project (THP) at Impact Justice (IJ) pairs individuals returning home from prison with welcoming community residents (hosts) who have a room in their homes to spare. The Homecoming Project pays each host a daily stipend for housing the participant for up to 6 months. And, THP participants are provided a community navigator that works to connect them to the resources, supports, and wraparound services necessary for community re-entry. This innovative reentry housing project began in the Bay Area in 2018 and to date has housed over 100 returning individuals into homes within the community. The Homecoming Project is currently in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and Los Angeles County.

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What You Will Do

Using the Homecoming model, this position will develop and implement a robust project plan to further build and scale THP- LA. This position will manage the development and daily operations of THP in Los Angeles. Upon hire, this position will have one direct report located in Los Angeles. Over the next 3- 12 months this position will support the build-out of the LA team and supervise staff hired.

This position will work in Los Angeles but join an Oakland-based team. Reporting directly to the Director of THP, this individual is the senior professional leading the Los Angeles based THP project. With support from the Director of THP, this position is responsible for creating and meeting grant and programmatic deadlines and deliverables, managing day to day operations in Los Angeles and addressing issues as they arise. This position will be asked to work closely with the Director of The Housing Lab, the VP of Innovations, and the Marketing/Communications and Development teams on host recruitment, fundraising and similar efforts.

Responsibilities Include -

• Expand and maintain partnerships with providers, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and policymakers.
• Public speaking: presentations, partner meetings, media interviews, podcasts, and other events as they arise.
• Manage, build out, and implement the Homecoming Project in LA.
• Collaboratively work with senior and executive staff across Impact Justice and all community partners as assigned.
• Project management: Manage various project deliverables, guide best practices and encourage iterative program refinement, manage program budget, effectively navigate challenges in program implementation, assess needs, identify helpful collaborators, and support and make high-stakes decisions.
• In collaboration with THP Director, build out a dynamic, growing team.
• Other duties as needed.

Travel

Some travel is required to attend training, outreach and partner meetings, host and participate visits, conferences, and visits to the Impact Justice offices in Oakland and Washington DC, estimated to be 10%. In addition, this role may require limited evening and weekend commitments.

Work schedule: Full-time, at 40-hrs per week, under a hybrid model currently requiring at least two days per week in the LA office.

Who You Are

You are a builder. You are a strategic thinker, an implementer and collaborator. You are able to successfully work independently and on a team. You are excited to roll up your sleeves and complete small tasks as well as execute and lead senior level visioning and strategic planning. You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, creative, and collaborative environment, and demonstrate from the outset an ability to be both strategic and hands-on, driving programmatic outcomes.

This position is the lead manager for the Homecoming Project in Los Angeles. Candidates may qualify for this position at either the Senior Program Manager or Associate Director level depending on prior qualifying experience. We seek an experienced project and people manager with interpersonal skills that allow for meaningful interactions with the impacted community and those new to our work. This position is external facing and will be skilled and adept in public speaking and facilitation with a high degree of comfort in translating complex information to meet the needs of a myriad of audiences including; impacted populations, policymakers, criminal legal system staff, funders, and community members. This position has a strong commitment to ending the criminalization of BIPOC, poor people, and other marginalized groups.

You also have/are-

• An experienced professional within the criminal/juvenile justice system, and/or affordable housing/homelessness space, or other social justice movements
• Professional relationships and/or knowledge of relevant government and non-profit organizations
• Professional network and understanding of the housing and/or re-entry landscape of Los Angeles County
• Able to juggle and implement simultaneous multiple project elements
• Comfortable interacting with a wide variety of people, including individuals impacted by the criminal legal system, criminal legal system staff, and officials, and individuals from diverse backgrounds and life experiences
• Experienced project manager with an ability/comfort using project management software (e.g. Asana)
• Ability to lead through crisis
• Experience collecting programmatic data
• An experienced and effective public speaker
• Adept at time management with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Comfort working with remote team members
• Tech-savvy: comfortable with Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Asana, and databases/case management systems
• A critical thinker with a high level of analytical/interpretive thinking and problem-solving skills. With an ability to delegate tasks with a positive, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving

Big Pluses (but not requirements) -

• Personal experience within the social service system; including being system-impacted, formerly incarcerated, a former foster youth, or having loved ones who are systems-impacted
• Prior experience in the professional reentry space
• Prior experience building/scaling a program
• Prior experience in local, state, and or federal housing policy